The Sun. — London, England, 1826-02-10 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOUItN A LS. . D 44 LY Rairacts from the ;11(dttiti g Papers, Feb. 10 ) 1826-i [TH a TI M Es.) The Duke of Wellington set out on his mission to Petersburg,' on Wednesday night, When 'we lately announced that his Grace had been selected for this mission, we stated that he was unaerstood to have a much more important object to accomplish than to be the medium of convey ie►g a few Court compliments on the accession of the new Autocrat to the throne. We can now "sonfirm our original announcement, and state, on authority on which we ourselves place the great est reliance, that urgent political negociation, and not Court etiquette, is the chief object of his Grace's journey. The settlement of the affairs 'of Greece has been tong an embarrassing ques tkm between England and her Continental Allies; and it is well known, that. in compliance with the wishes of Austria, the unfortunate Greeks were last year abandoned to the chances of another campaign, through which they may be said to have struggled successfully. The strong feeling of the .Russian army In favou rof their co-religionists which was restrained by the late Emperor, cannot so e►esilt' be repressed by his successor ; and Nicho las ascribing the late mutiny and bloodshed at Petersburgh to this feeling, has declared to his allies that the only means of escaping danger to his person and government is to interfere in favour Of the Greeks. Unless he can act in concert with his allies, he must act single-handed in this important enterprise, and in that case ambition might not stop when humanity was satisfied. To prevent, therefore, the general war to which the march of Russian troops against Turkey might lead, the Duke of Wellington is empowered to offer our co-operation for effecting the immediate and complete independence of Greece. Nothing but so important an object could have induced his Grace to undertake so fatiguing a journey at the present inclement season of the year, and in his present delicate state of health. If Russia and England join cordially in this object, and France co-operate, ns nn doubt she will, they can encounter tr opposition from Constantinople or Vienna. [MoRNINO CHRONICLE.] We have received the Paris Papers of Tuesday and. the Doile of Weduesday. We do not ob serve that the projected Law of Pthnogeniture, a-trteasure attributed to A 4. de Peyronnet, is ad vocated by any of them, while it continues to be assailed by the Liberal and demi.Liberal .Jour nals. The revolutionary nature of the law is much dwelt on, Marriages, speculations, and en terprises of every kind having taken place on the faith of the law of equal succession, Though the patent is allowed the power of disposing of his real estate by will, still the deviation front the rules ot' the law will appear to the eldest son in the light of an injury to him, and.there can hardly . . be a question that it will, as is ob. served by ' the Courier • Proncuis, cause MOM. rotas dissentions in Families. Primogeniture, as we have more than once observed, was hardly known in France before the Revolution, in the sense in which it is understood in this country. In many of the Provinces the Roman Law regulated the succession, giving to each child en equal share. In the different Customary Provinces, the rule of succession was very various. The custom of Ponthieu gave the whole to the eldest son. The custom of Normandy excluded laugh. ters. Some of theta gave the eldest son merely the addition of the family chateau ; others gave him an arpent above the share of the younger children. The custom of Paris, the most gene rally followed, gave the eldest, over and above his share, a chateau (and his choice if there were more than 0110,vilii all the dependendes„ consist. in Court, the fosses, the court -yard, the in. closure or garden to the extent of an aipent, and if the gardeit was larger, to preserve the or.. Dement of ,the chateau, the custom permitted the elder to retain the garden wholly, on recnrn peming the younger children from other lands.- 14p old, law of succession was indeed a very in. tricatelnatter, as any one who consults either the old French authorities, or a work in eight vo. tomes by Wisserandier„ published its 14305, and devoted chiefly to the subject of the transmission of property under the old law. EMORI4INT6 issotAt.o.] Mr. Maiieriy has given notice of a motion for the ,repeal of rite Assessed Taxes. We cannot think whet Mr. Moberly means by this. is it to please his constituents —or the parishioners of the parish in.ahich he resides ? Or does'he think to' please the great mass of the people by bringing forward such a motion ? Mr. Moberly, webelieve, knows somethiog about the national accounts. lie knows that the income of the country does not mount to more than 55 millions. lie knows that the expenditure amounts to 50 miliions,namely,3o inlllions for time Debt, and millions for the Goirrrnment leaving a $lll l 4llB of five millions tOWOrth the liquidation of a , Debt, amounting to 400 Willem, Now the Assessed Taxes, we ire. hove, amount to three millions a year; and if Mr. Moberly succeeded in persuading the Par. gi unoo t to abolish them, Mr. Moberly would take away so moth from the Sinking Fund of ire millions, and Leave only a Sinking Fund o f two millions, Mr. Moberly, therefore, would place orin this predicament with regard to our Debt of 800 million4—that during peace we Should be paying it off at the rate of two millions a year only. Now we put it to Mr. Moberly, *irtither it would be honest to place , the country in such et situation. We hope, therefore, that Mr. Moberly will have the good sense not to pro steed in his ruotion---If he persists, we hope that he w ill no t meet 'with a seconder, If, during image, we do not lessee the load which presses of t the country, sod which is mainly caused by the taxation 'required to pay , tire interest of the Ast i shall he in a dangerous situation in case of a war--and we may be sooner plunged lOW a war than we are at present aware of. Our Government would• not send such a man as the Duke of Wellington to Russia, except that it ilsought it prudent to put the Russians in mind that England had such a General. Can Mr. Moberly' read the newspapers, and observe the dissertations every'tinw and then put forth in them, when the 'Quarteily, Revenue accounts are printed, And there appears - a trifling' falling off in the taxation ; and yet. would Mr. Alabeily, in the face of such dissertations, take off so much taxation as three millons a year. Now suppose Mr. Robinson, this evening, were to come down to the House, and state that in conse (pence of the reduction of 3 millions of taxation, the Revenuer:instead of being 55 millions, was . only 52, what would be the price to-morrow of our funds—or what would be the price to which they might fall before the time gamblers had recovered from the shock ? We would ask Mr Maberly whether, if he were in debt, his friends would not think it - the most honourable course for him to pursue—to get out of debt as fast as he could ? It is the same with a nation. — If a nation be in debt, the sooner it relieves itself the better. Now Mr. Maberly could only relieve himself from debts by spending less than his income. A nation should do the same thing. Would Mr. Moberly again introduce the policy of the Statesmen of the days of William 111. and George 111. of shrinking from taxation ; and in preference burden their descendants with debts ? If Mr. Pitt, and other "great Sta tesmen," ns they are called, had done their duty they would have taxed the people of their times the sums ne cessary to carryon the wars in which their Masters engaged; and not have borrowed the money_instead. It is clear that the people of Mr. Pitt's time could have given the money in taxation, because they had it to advance in loans. We are no friends to taxation, when taxation can be avoided ; but if taxation be necessary to relieve us from a dan gerous situation—if taxation be necessary to avert such a revolution Ili occurred in France, we are then friends to taxation. If taxation be neces sary to reduce the Debt during peace, let it be continued—for if, during peace, the Debt be not in some respect mastered, wo must see sad con sequences in the event of a war. [MORNING POST.] His Majesty'; Ministers were accused on Wed tesday in the House of Commons, by Mr. Cal. craft, of having exercised an unwarrantable stretch of authority in prohibiting:, without the sanction of Parliament, the stamping for the pre sent of any more one or two pound Country Bank Notes. We are not disposed to undervalue the constitutional jealousy which is awakened by any apparent assumption of extraordinary or illegal powers on the part of the Executive Go verntnent ;—we consider this feeling, on the contrary, as a trusty and vigilant centinel at the outposts of the constitutional citadel, who had better fall into the error of giving an alarm upon frivolous or imaginary grounds, than into the fatal neglect of real and substan tial danger. We do not certainly think his Majesty's present Ministers , likely to attempt any inroad upon the . Constitution, or any usurpation of illegal powers, nevertheless we cannot, very severely condemn Mr. Calcraft, who, in the va luable character of a jealous centinel of the Con stitution, has in the present instance sounded so unfounded an alarm. It was naturally to be ex pected that many country bankers,as soon es they discovered the probability of an Act of Parlia ment be ing soon passed to prevent ,the future issue of stamps for one and two pound notes, would avail themselves of the interme diate time to secure to themselves a suffi cient supply of that commodity. Now it is the declared wish of Government, with an enlighten ed view to public convenience and security, that the one and two pound notes now in circulation should gradually wear 'themselves out, so as to avoid any violent shock from the sudden prohi bition of this description of currency. Is it not quite obvious, if the country bankers had been now suffered to take their own measures without obstruction, that this most prudent and beneficial resolution of Government might have been to a great extent defeated? With / an unobstructed access to stumps., they might in one week have furnished themselves with the means of keeping up an undiminished circulation of small notes for two or three years. Would it have been proper or prudent to leave this power in their hands ? We are told that all the mischief might have been legally and constitutionally prevented, by hur rying a short Bill through the two Houses of Parliament. It may be reasonably doubted whether Parliament . would have given so very prompt an `acqniescence - to such a Bill. The opinion of Parliament has not yet been taken, and may possibly be far from unanimous upon the main question. Bow could it then, we ask, be called upon to pass a short Bill, prepara tory to the introduction of, and in principle identical with, a further measure, the merits of which measure were as yet unrecognized by Par liameht, and which, in truth, had been only par tially explained, but not all dis tlu9se d ?, T o ven ture thus to call upon Parliament for a pledge— to,r it would have been no less-s-in favour of a system hereafter to he explained and debated, would have argued a contempt for the gravity, and wisdom, and independence of the Legisla ture, which we trust no British Minister will ever he found to entertain, The. case, we think, was one of plain necessity, requiring Ministers to 'act promptly upon their own official responsi :bility. They have the manliness so to act, con fident of the candid and liberal construction of Parliament and of the country. They will not be disappointed. [mew *Times.) We abstained - from reprehending the coarse but impotent attack of the Times on his Majesty's Ministers on Wednesday ; hut a repetition of this impertinence having occurred yesterday, we think it right to notice the petty, contemptible, nature of the remarks. On Wednesday the Mi nisters were charged with dullness, and yester. day with false grammar. The alleged gramma flout error consisted in printing " bank" ibr 1 4 banks," which , was a mere fault of the tran scriber or compositor ; the other suggestion was, that a ,dispute had taken place between the Go vernment and the Bank ; \Odell was utterly false. To what wilt these calumniators next resort ? ft is a disgrace to public taste that so low and igno.l rant a journal should obtain the slightest patron age. The writers in it, 'while they exhibit a wretched defect of education and 'ability them selves, presume to reprehend men of the first talent and information in the kingdom, and this they do in a style which would disgrace the nur sery—what wretched stuff is the following pas sage—" Could not you, pink of prosperity, Freddy—could not you put in one little remon strance in behalf of the commonest rules of gram mar and syntax ; or was the obstinate old Go vernor determined to treat Priscian's head, as he treats those of the Governor and Deputy Gover nor of the Bank of England with hard thumps and clumay blows." The distinction between grammar and syntax is profound—" Freddy," be it known, is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and " the obstinate old Governor is Lord Liver pool !"—Really Cobbett is a Gentleman, to this low scurrilous buffoon ! [BRITISH PRESS.] The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night. The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordi nance of the sth of this month, relating to the Tariff now in force in the Islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the commercial regulations in those Islands. Nothing passed on Monday in the Chamber of Deputies beyond the communi cation of the King's appointment of M. Rayner as President. It is remarked that General Se bastiani, who has succeeded the late Gen. Foy as Deputy for Vervins, has taken his seat in pre cisely the same place that his predecessor occu pied.—The news from Greece is highly favour able to the Patriots. Advices from Corfu, dated the 3d ult., announce that Colocotroni has been appointed by the Government of Greece Gene ralissimo of the Armies of the Peloponnesus, and has put himself at the head of 8,000 men,march ing on Tripolizza, with a resolution to carry it by storm. The same accounts confirm the intel ligence that Colocotroni had taken Tripolizza, and that the garrison was put to the sword.— Other letters state that 3,000 men perished.— The Greek fleet still remained before Misso longhi, which had provisions for two months: — The Austrian Observer publishes a more de tailed statement respecting the part taken by Prince Troubetskoi in the late Russian conspi racy. REPTIES'ENTATIVE.I In the House of Lords lust night, the Mar. guess of Lanstlown moved for an account of al the Bank Notes, &c. issued by the Bank o England, Scotland Ireland, and also by all the Country Banks each year from 1819 to 1825 ; and also a List of nil the Bankruptcies of the United Kingdom, distinguishing sucl► as had been Bankers. In the House of Commons, Mr. flume moved for returns of the number of Country Banks which have respectively become Bankrupts since the year 1816—the names and number of partners in each—amount of debts proved—and dividends paid. Mr. Ellis also moved for a return of Bank of England Notes, in circulation on the Saturday of every week from the sth of April, 1825, to the 4th of February, 182.0. The mo tions were agreed to in both Houses. Although the frontiers of Russia are so rigor ously guarded that external communication might be thought impracticable, travellers do, neverthe less, contrive either to e hide, or to lull the vigi lance, of those to whom the charge of intercept ing correspondence is confided. in a private letter, dated from the Spree, January 28th, it is stated, that intelligence from Russia had pene trated to that quarter, communicating the fact of serious disturbances having broken out in dap. rent parts of the Russian. Empire, particularly at Kiew and Monilow. These statements are corro borated by the Paris Journals of the 7th and B l th, and also by Brussels Papers received last iTur. PUBLIC tEDGER.I AS it is.very genetally believed in the hest.in formed circles in this country, as well as in France, that the Spanish Court has manifested a disposii lion at 'lint to terminate its differences with its late American Colonies, we should wish to know the motives which have induced it to make this re luctant and tardy concession. If the hope of a pecuniary indemnity be one, we can only say, that if a third party has held it out, it has taken un un, warrantable liberty, in thus presuming to prescribe to the New States the course they ought to follow in circumstances so.. intimately connected with their interests and dignity. Wesincerely trust that this mode of persuasion, if it has been employed with Spanish Monarch, th a t it was not d one with the eoncurrence of England ; for, besides the invincible objection we have just mentioned, every rational mind will suggest another, almost fully as strong, namely, the absurdity of the in ducethent itself. There was certainly a time, and dint not very remote too, when the late Co ; lonics of Spain would have paid a very high price for her recognition of their independence; but in her insufferable pride, she despised the favour.. nble moment; and when that pride is now hum ,bled in the dust, by a succession of overwhelming reverses it becomes her indeed to offer means which only victory,or at least a capacity on her side to continue to consent, Would justify I The period for concession on one port and for indern. pity on the other, has passed away for ever ; and if a third partj has acted upon the supposition that it may be recalled by the legerdemain of di plomacy, mortification and disappointment will be its sole reward. If justice were to be consti. tuted arbiter between the belligerent parties, and a pecuniary indemnity were to be of necessity the award, she would deride at once that it should be given to the lateColonies,aa a compensation to them' fur the wanton vexation and expence to which they have been pia for the last two or three years in particular. During this time Spain has not had the faietest chance of recovering her supremacy ; and therefore the contest has been on her side a sacrifice to'pride'at the expence of humanity,for which, if the matter were left to fair arbitration, she would have to pay a heavy penalty, If the New States are, therefore, condescending enough to waive the rights which victory has. con. (erred (yeti them, we think the Cabinet of Madrid ought to show its gratitude by an unqua lified recognition of their independence ; and if it were capable of, coming to a right decision, it would, without delay, make a grace of necessity, as a Transatlantic armament, handed on the shores of Old Spain, will otherwise teach that Power an indelible moral lesson. If the French Government has, in the way we have stated, conquered the repugnance of King Ferdinand to a Friendly arrangement of his differences with his former subjects, we cannot express our surprise in terms sufficiently strong, at such a strange misconception of the cir cumstances and feelings of the New States. it would be extremely convenient, it is true, for the Cabinet of the Tuileries to obtain an accommodation of this kind for its ally, in consequence of its large pecuniary claims on the latter, and which ithvould take care to see liqui-, dated,,before a single dollar of the proposed in demnity found its way into the Spanish treasury. But if it must wait for its repayment till this wind fall come, it would be well if it put its patience in requisition, us it might as well hope to level the Andes, or drain the bed of the Atlantic, as to induce Bolivar and his associates in arms to offer a bribe to the humbled Despot of Spain for ac knowledging that they are no longer his vassals. We trust that our own Government has lent itself to no such arrangement as this, for besides the mortification, that would enevitably follow, it might have the effect of weakening the cor diality between the New States and this Country. England can only, with dignity and advan tage, interpose between the Belligerents upon the principle that Spain has forfeited, in the field of battle, every claim to advantage she may be tempted to advance in the Cabinet ; and, us she has hitherto followed this course with so much honour to herself, it is far from being likely that she will abandon it now. From Spain; with her present Government, we must expect nothing but open proofs of ingrati tude, or marks of secret hostility ; and con. sequeiitly it would be an abuse of our in ! . fiuenco to use it in favour of that Power.— On the contrary, the New States are connect ed with uS by every tie that can render the connexion beneficial and durable ; and, at this portentous moment, when there are so many signs of an approaching storm, of which it is impossi ble to calculate the extent and violence, we can• not strengthen ,too much our friendly relations with the free, industrious, and rising communi ties of the New World. In conclusion, we • may almost venture to affirm, that pecuniary com pensation does not enter, at least as a siue qua non, into the conditions proposed by Spain ; as we are given to understand, that her proposals are to be intrusted to the Minister appointed by this country to attend the Congress at Panama, to be formally submitted by him to that august assembly ; and, perhaps, we have here the real, if not the ostensible, cause of his appointment. CORONER'SINQUEST ON TREASURER TROVE An inquiry of rather a novel nature was held on Saturday last, at the Eagle Inn, Cambridge, before Mr. Chevell, one of the Coroners for this townoot upon a mutilated or mangled body,which in general form the disagreeable duties of coroners' inquests, but on view of a large quantity of gold anti silver coins of the ancient Kings of this realm, .the sight of which was much more pleasant to the respectable Jury summoned on. this occasion, than the exhibition of the corpse of rt fellow creature.—ln the month of June last, as some workmen were employed in pulling down a house adjoining the Eagle Inn, they discovered in digging up the bottom of the cellar a 'quart titv of silver coins, and after a further search of two hours, a jug containing a quantity of gold coins was also found. Considerable scramble took place among the workmen, but Mr. Howell, the contractor of the building for Corpus Christi college, interfered and s—cceeded in securing it. A question now arose to whom this treasure belonged. The Bursar of the col- • lege took possession of part of it, and Mr. Balls, for Mr. Howell, another 'part ; and eventually the whole was deposited in the names of the Bursar and Mr. Balls, in the bank. of Messrs. Mortlocks, till it could be decided to whom it of right belonged. The Lords of the Treasury, a few days ago, applied to the coroner, to hold an inquest ; and after going through all the evidence, the jury without hesitation found their -verdict upon the points directed to their consideration by the coroner, who, desired them to leave out of their minds any question of right as to whom the treasure belonged, as that would be for the deci sion of a jury in a superior court," that on the 3d . 44 of June last .195 pieces of gold coin of the value " of 1301. 35., and 3510 pieces of silver coin ofcc the value of 701. Os. 51-d., were found by Wm. co S m ith and Stephen Woodcock, labourers in the 44 empl o ym en t -of James Howell,- bricklayer, cc hidden in the ground under the site of an an. 4 ' cient house or building situate in 'Bene't-street 4 ,‘ in the said town, which were of ancient time hidden as aforesaid, and the owners thereof " cannot be known."--As soon (13 the verdict was returned, the Coroner, by virtue of his office, seized the treasurer in the name of his Majesty. Mr. White, the Town Clerk, attend. ed and served a notice upon the Coroner, on behalf of the Corporation, who claimed it as grantees of the Crown, and the Solicitor to the Treasury also made a demand of it, but . the Coroner refused to part with it till it is ascer tained who is legally entitled to it, and the same was accordingly re-deposited in Messrs Mort lock's bank, to await this decision.--The Coroner has been served with a writ of certiorari by the Lords of the Treasury, to return his inquisition to the Court of King's Bettch.—(Gumbrdg e Chronicle.) 'rite Diorama is, it is ”id, about to re-opki with two new pictures of great variety and interest. One of them represents the interior of Roslyn Abbey, the other st view of the tow-a and environs of Rouen. - Sir E. ANTROBUS who died lately, is mentioned to Inu - ve died' worth 700,0001., the hulk of WWI)" property he has left:to hedivided between his two nephews, one of whom is a panuer : in Coutts'i house. FRACAS ON 'CITANGt. At about half-past three o'clock yesterday, just before the commencement of business, au unpleasant personal fracas, which we take plea sure in saying is a very uncommon occurrence, took place on the Royal Exchange. The history of the affair fs as follows :—Mr. Clugston, of the house of Clagston and Chapman, extensive brokers, had employed a clerk to call on Mr. Simon Samuel, a merchant, of St. Helen's-place, a few days ago, for the settlement of an account, which was refused, and the clerk desired to carry back to his employers a message reflect4g in very strong terms on their characters, and on that of the individuals for whom they had been acting in seine late transaction:;, we believe in speltre. Mr. Clugston who felt highly indignant at the attack thus made upon him, which he justly conceived to be injurious to him both as a gentleman and in his particular business, had sought on various occasions to obtain an interview with Mr. Samuel, and to demand some explanation, but could not succeed till yesterday, when, having learnt that that Gentleman had gone on Change, he proceeded thither immediately to meet him. Mr. Clugston then accosted Mr. Samuel, and desired to know whether he had really sent by his clerk the insulting message alluded to, re-stating it to him in its original notes, but which it is not necessary for us to repeat. Mr. Clugston had previously desired a friend whom he met accidentally on 'Change to attend him as a witness of the whole scene. Mr. Samuel,• on being thus pressed, avowed that he had sent the message, and, as well as we could collect, in the confusion which arose from the crowd, which in an instant collected round the parties, repeated his original expressions, as commufl cated by Mr. Clugston's clerk, on which the latter gentleman drew from his coat a whip which he had brought with him, and laid it across the shoulders of Mr. Samuel with some violence , who is in a slight degree lame, and who constant' ly carries a stick, retorted this attack by a blow o n the head of his opponent, who rejoined with an°‘ Cher application of his whip, by which it broke , and left him apparently at th e mercy of M r ,' Samuel. He was quickly, h o wever, supplir with a stick from one o f th e by s tanders, and a wore regular combat ens ue d, c h arac t er is e d by violence than skill, in which (rein twenty to thirty blows were given on each side. Such wag, the scene permitted t o t a k e pl ace i n the middle o f the Royal Exchange by about one hundred specta" tors, not one of w horn thought it a duty to inter fere to put a stop to it ! the The beadle who att end, Exchange at length forced his way through the crowd, and the combatants we re separated , with littleAletri men t, as regar d e d t h e i r persona , beyond the d es t ruct i on o f t h e i r h uts , to wh r both owed their p reservat i on f rom more seri 4° , s injury, as the blows were given on both sides wi" great force.—( Times.) CASE OF HORRID AND BRUTAL ATROCITI'. .................. In giving the following outline of a case of unheard-of and unnatural cruelty, we supPre s9 the names and residence of the parties, as the MI is in a train of legal investigation. A brother sn' sister reside near the northern border of thk s County, whose father died about fifteen ye.ar s ago, leaving seven children, four sons and three oteveinct;r'; daughters ; one of the sons was, unhappilb ail idiot. The father, b y his will, bequeathed to the brother and sister the sum of 1,5001. in trust, t he interest thereof to be applied to the maintenance in the most comfortable manner his unfortoonle' situation would admit, of his deranged child''' .s, Immediately after the death of his father (as i ft alleged) the poor idiot was locked up in 1,'" I f Il d dark room in the house, where he was (131,4 fed like a swine, through a small aperture in ",,, wall,for a series of years. About 11 year s il fortunate brother had died, and the brother and sister aave it out that their on: distant place, in consequence of which the fe rn/ d r , went into mourning for him. The brother Lose sister then spread a report that their bo u rn visiting it ; however, .a servant girl, was buried n! iir was haunted, in order to deter persons fr:ati. ne ago, neighbourhood, h a b n o d u ri i went ood i n , t a l i t d h e communicated st:r vi c who -- 5 , been with them fourteen years, !eft them a fey ( i, e cumstance. The Magistrate took immedieL went to rile house, and, with a constable; he house, and requested admittance. This being I re fused, he burst open the door, and found tile Il ~e . fortunate object of their search in a place..%. e 7 faNia t g h i e st t r ib a total darkness. They procured a light, and do covered the miserable victim of atrocious pen ury crouchingain a corner of the room, his hair b a r , grown all over him to the length of three. e, four inches, he was become quite defor men7. and shrunk to little more than a yard I n height.—When his father died, he was t il person a well-made and tail young Ina Blankets were procured to place him in, but when the constable went to wrap them round him,• h sprung at him and bit him in the cheek, took ie s g a horrible and unintelligible noise. lie ‘ fe tt ? , however, brought down stairs, and convel e " as the Staffordshire Lunatic Asylum, where he present remains.—(Salopian Journal.) ___.......t:" . . RRIB D. On Monday, the 6th inst., at 'Unwell Church, thej l4 .. o l ; Francis Poe, A.M., of St. John's college, Oxon, to Ann, only daughter of the late Captain S ills , c atiahr On Tuesday last, at Winchester, N. Lipscomb K don e Esq., an eminent land-surveyor of that city, the only desc,"iir f resident there of a very old and respectable Winchester nephew of the Rev. Wm. Lipscomb, vicar of Welbury 111. ar shire, father of the Lord Bishop of Jamaica, W Mn a oi r - ter' eldest daughter of Mr. 'Thomas Judd, of the LivetY, slow, Wilts, and niece of Mr. Sweeper, silversmith ano man, of Rornsey, Hants. DIED. 'On Saturday, the 4th inst., at his residence at jest John Edward Holmes Esq ea ~ in tho 68th year of his agi ., A i r s. On Monday, th e 6tftinst., in the 78th yr nf her 8 8r . phiee,. AVilliains, relict of William Williams, Es Cla tend° On the 7th in s t. at his residence, Jamaica-row , Bennolidserr the Rev. John To wnsend , in the 69th t ear of his ege• On the Bth ins t ., at Ponder's end, I'Vr m. Baker 7,l*}Y'"" in his 76teduh ear. the • On W y estliky„ the Bth inst., in Baker.street, r t1 .1, 11/I 'B4 o w ear f idot o ro h f er g ß a obrt Taylor, Esq., of Tolmer Hatfield, in y eti anti Pi. blished tor tie PROINII/ • ?tinted a t the Cr 11(11C 112, Sand, tty J B atif